Guttikonda Pradeep
Guttikonda Pradeep born on October 27, 1983 is an Indian Volley Ball player. He is a member of the team that came runner's up in the U-19 world youth championship. He is one of the best blockers the Indian team has produced.
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- Country :
India
- Height : 1.99 m
- Position : Blocker and Attacker
- Weight : 88 kg
- Attack Jump: 362 cm
- Block Jump : 342 cm
Family[edit]
Pradeep was born on October 27, 1982 to Dr.G.S.R Murthy and Mrs.Padma. He was brought up in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has one younger brother
Early life[edit]
Pradeep has done his schooling in V.P.S Public School,Vijayawada. The school has a good curriculum for sports and studies. He started playing volleyball after school hours and slowly started loving the game. He has done his college in P.B Siddhartha College of Arts and Science.He was encouraged by A.Raman Rao, an Arjuna Awardee. He learned the finer points of the game at SAAP Academy Vishakapatnam under Shaymsunder, an Arjuna Awardee. He later done his under graduation in bhimivaram.
Education And Profession[edit]
Pradeep is graduate in History. He worked for Indian Railways and currently working for Customs.
Awards & Positions[edit]
- 2nd Place in 8th BOYS -UNDER 19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP at Thailand 2003
- 1st Place in 4th ASIAN YOUTH BOYS VOLLEY BALL CHAMPIONSHIP(AVC) At vishakapatnam from April 16–23, 2003
- 2nd Place in 11th ASIAN JUNIOR MEN'SVOLLEY BALL championship held at Iran FROM SEP 10-17,2002 2002
- 9th Place in JUNIOR WORLD championship held at Iran 2003
- 5th Place in 12TH ASIAN JUNIR MENS VOLLEY BALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN DOHA-QATAR FROM 3-10 SEP 2004
- 1st Place in MEMORIAL "FERRUCCIO CORONACCHIA" 23 TORNEO INTERNAZIONALE,PALLAVOLO FROM MARCH 25-28,2005 & AWARDED AS BEST
BLOCKER
- 1st Place in MEMORIAL "FERRUCCIO CORONACCHIA"24TORNEO INTERNAZIONALE,PALLAVOLO FROM APRIL 17-21,2006 & AWARDED AS BEST SCORER
- 1st Place in 9th SAF GAMES,ISLAMABAD FROM 27TH MARCH TO 7TH APRIL 2004
- 1st Place in XIIII CHAMPION AT INTERNATIONAL DO VOLLEY BALL DES CHEMINTOS 2003 AT FRANCE
- 3rd Place in 5TH ASIAN YOUTH BOYS VOLLEY BALL CHAMPIONSHIP FROM MAY 13-19,2005 AND RECEIVED BEST BLOCKER
- 9th Place in JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP held at VISHAKAPATNAM ( INDIA )
- 5th Place in YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP held at ALGERIA AND RECEIVED BEST SCORER
- 9th Place in 13TH ASIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT IRAN FROM SEP 19 2006